July 15, 2026/Media, Press

FRONT PAGE: DC Insider Michael “Whatley Lashes Out At Media”

Western North Carolinians are reading all about DC insider Michael Whatley “increasingly withdraw[ing] from” media to avoid accountability and “embarrassing slips.” It’s gotten so bad that Whatley even called the police on a reporter for trying to cover a campaign event last week. 

Read More on Today’s Asheville Citizen-Times Front Page: 

For months, Whatley has dodged the press at all costs to avoid answering why he knowingly elevated a convicted child sex predator to NCGOP leadership roles and what his stance is on Duke Energy’s proposed rate hikes

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